Thread: The wine thread

Originally Posted by GregDM

go, although I really like the Oregon Pinots, I'd say about eight or nine of every 10 bottles of wine I drink is from CA. California absolutely has world class wines. And I definitely like the idea of supporting local products. The only problem I have with CA wines is that I don't want to see too much more good agricultural land converted to vineyards. They're not the best land use from an environmental perspective.

I know that. Actually I am a land use planner, although for a City not the county where vineyards are placed. Behind firefox, I am supposed to be looking/working on a map with a whole bunch of parcels on it!

One could say any development is not good from an environmental perspective.

Read this mindnumbing stuff at what land use plans actually do.

http://www.forester.net/sw_0207_stormwater.html

Napa wineries, Sierra Club and CEQA.

http://www.sheppardmullin.com/public....cfm?pubID=170

This one is a little less mindnumbing.

TG I don't work in the depths of CEQA.

I guess you're probably big into the Slow Food movement, huh?

Originally Posted by go

I know that. Actually I am a land use planner, although for a City not the county where vineyards are placed. Behind firefox, I am supposed to be looking/working on a map with a whole bunch of parcels on it!

One could say any development is not good from an environmental perspective.

Read this mindnumbing stuff at what land use plans actually do.

http://www.forester.net/sw_0207_stormwater.html

Napa wineries, Sierra Club and CEQA.

http://www.sheppardmullin.com/public....cfm?pubID=170

This one is a little less mindnumbing.

TG I don't work in the depths of CEQA.

go, I have been lucky enough to be on the periphery of CEQA as well.

As far as the stormwater issue goes, I used to do TMDLs (mercury and metals) for the Regional Water Board in Sacramento, so I'm at least familiar with some of the issues.

Originally Posted by Fooferah

I guess you're probably big into the Slow Food movement, huh?

Is that where you eat turtles and 3-toed tree sloths?

Nope. And it's a test. Let's see what he says. Shh.

Originally Posted by Fooferah

I guess you're probably big into the Slow Food movement, huh?

I have not let my children eat fast food. I grow a little bit of veggies in my garden. And I eat at locally owned restaurants.

But I did have a Costco frozen breaded fish yesterday.

Oh you mean escargot. No, too garlicky.

for all of you cheap motherf***ers, here you go...


Boekenhoutskloof Wolftrap 2005

a blended red with Syrah, Cinsault, Mourvérde, and Viognier.

• it's New World (from South Africa)
• Pinot AND Merlot drinkers should find it suitable
• it can be paired or had alone.
• it has a screw top!
• they are blowing the s*** out of them at Cost Plus for like $5 bucks!!!!

tonight i am grilling some chicken and willing be swilling down a bottle of (a very inexpensive) - Zenato 2004 Pinto Grigio.

for you white winos out there, i'll give you a heads up when i'm done.